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James Porteous

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Resident slave-owner and merchant in Jamaica, partner with William Chrystie and James Carson in a successor firm to Simpson, Taylor until 1843.

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica Kingston 1799
£689 13s 0d
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Associated Estates (4)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1817 [EA] - → Attorney
Barking Lodge [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]
1839 [EA] - → Not known
Cross's Pen [ Jamaica | St Catherine ]
1820 [EA] - → Attorney
Friendship [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]
1817 [EA] - → Attorney
Ladyfield [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Partner
Simpson, Taylor & Co.
West India merchant  
 
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Relationships (2)

James Porteous
Business partners
James Carson
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James Porteous
Business partners
William Chrystie
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